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Federal Register Presidential Documents

Vol. 86, No. 73

Monday, April 19, 2021

Title 3— Executive Order 14024 of April 15, 2021

The President Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful For-

eign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the

laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emer-
gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title
3, United States Code,
I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, find
that specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian
Federation—in particular, efforts to undermine the conduct of free and fair
democratic elections and democratic institutions in the United States and
its allies and partners; to engage in and facilitate malicious cyber-enabled
activities against the United States and its allies and partners; to foster
and use transnational corruption to influence foreign governments; to pursue
extraterritorial activities targeting dissidents or journalists; to undermine
security in countries and regions important to United States national security;
and to violate well-established principles of international law, including
respect for the territorial integrity of states—constitute an unusual and ex-
traordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy
of the United States. I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with
that threat.
Accordingly, I hereby order:
Section 1. All property and interests in property that are in the United
States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter
come within the possession or control of any United States person of the
following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported,
withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
(a) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, and, with respect to subsection (a)(ii) of this
section, in consultation with the Attorney General, or by the Secretary
of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, and, with respect
to subsection (a)(ii) of this section, in consultation with the Attorney General:
(i) to operate or have operated in the technology sector or the defense
and related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy, or any
other sector of the Russian Federation economy as may be determined
by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of
State;
(ii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly
engaged or attempted to engage in, any of the following for or on behalf
of, or for the benefit of, directly or indirectly, the Government of the
Russian Federation:
(A) malicious cyber-enabled activities;
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(B) interference in a United States or other foreign government election;

(C) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institu-
tions in the United States or abroad;
(D) transnational corruption;

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(E) assassination, murder, or other unlawful killing of, or infliction

of other bodily harm against, a United States person or a citizen or
national of a United States ally or partner;
(F) activities that undermine the peace, security, political stability, or
territorial integrity of the United States, its allies, or its partners; or
(G) deceptive or structured transactions or dealings to circumvent any
United States sanctions, including through the use of digital currencies
or assets or the use of physical assets;
(iii) to be or have been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or
member of the board of directors of:
(A) the Government of the Russian Federation;
(B) an entity that has, or whose members have, engaged in any activity
described in subsection (a)(ii) of this section; or
(C) an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to this order;
(iv) to be a political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation;
(v) to be a spouse or adult child of any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) or (iii)
of this section;
(vi) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material,
or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of:
(A) any activity described in subsection (a)(ii) of this section; or
(B) any person whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to this order; or
(vii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to
act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of the
Russian Federation or any person whose property and interests in property
are blocked pursuant to this order.
(b) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, to have materially assisted, sponsored, or pro-
vided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services
to or in support of, a government whose property and interests in property
are blocked pursuant to chapter V of title 31 of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions or another Executive Order, and to be:
(i) a citizen or national of the Russian Federation;
(ii) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian Federation or any
jurisdiction within the Russian Federation (including foreign branches);
or
(iii) a person ordinarily resident in the Russian Federation.
(c) any person determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, to be responsible for or complicit in, or
to have directly or indirectly engaged in or attempted to engage in, cutting
or disrupting gas or energy supplies to Europe, the Caucasus, or Asia,
and to be:
(i) an individual who is a citizen or national of the Russian Federation;
or
(ii) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian Federation or any
jurisdiction within the Russian Federation (including foreign branches).
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(d) The prohibitions in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section apply
except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives,
or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding
any contract entered into or any license or permit granted before the date
of this order.
Sec. 2. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order include:

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(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services

by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to this order; and
(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services
from any such person.
Sec. 3. (a) The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the
United States of noncitizens determined to meet one or more of the criteria
in section 1 of this order would be detrimental to the interests of the
United States, and the entry of such persons into the United States, as
immigrants or nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended, except when the Sec-
retary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, deter-
mines that the person’s entry would not be contrary to the interests of
the United States, including when the Secretary of State or the Secretary
of Homeland Security, as appropriate, so determines, based on a rec-
ommendation of the Attorney General, that the person’s entry would further
important United States law enforcement objectives.
(b) The Secretary of State shall implement this authority as it applies
to visas pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may establish.
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement this order as
it applies to the entry of noncitizens pursuant to such procedures as the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
may establish.
(d) Such persons shall be treated by this section in the same manner
as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011
(Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council
Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions).
Sec. 4. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading
or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibi-
tions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth
in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 5. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the types of
articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by,
to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property
are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair my ability to
deal with the national emergency declared in this order, and I hereby prohibit
such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.
Sec. 6. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture,
corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization;
(b) the term ‘‘Government of the Russian Federation’’ means the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation, any political subdivision, agency, or instru-
mentality thereof, including the Central Bank of the Russian Federation,
and any person owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on
behalf of, the Government of the Russian Federation;
(c) the term ‘‘noncitizen’’ means any person who is not a citizen or
noncitizen national of the United States;
(d) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or entity; and
(e) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means any United States citizen,
lawful permanent resident, entity organized under the laws of the United
States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign
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branches), or any person in the United States.

Sec. 7. For those persons whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence
in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer funds
or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures
to be taken pursuant to this order would render those measures ineffectual.

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I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing

the national emergency declared in this order, there need be no prior notice
of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order.
Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary
of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation
of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President
by IEEPA, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order.
The Secretary of the Treasury may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate
any of these functions within the Department of the Treasury. All depart-
ments and agencies of the United States shall take all appropriate measures
within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order.
Sec. 9. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions for the conduct
of the official business of the Federal Government or the United Nations
(including its specialized agencies, programs, funds, and related organiza-
tions) by employees, grantees, and contractors thereof.
Sec. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary
of State, is hereby authorized to submit recurring and final reports to the
Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent with
section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA
(50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
Sec. 11. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency,
or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and
subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party
against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers,
employees, or agents, or any other person.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

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April 15, 2021.

[FR Doc. 2021–08098

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